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Episode 694, And The Band Played On

11/27/2022

Let's Dance! On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we have music written specifically for dance. We hear Astor Piazzolla’s tango “Oblivion”, William Grant Still’s “Incantation and Dance”, Manuel de Falla’s “Ritual Fire Dance”, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Hungarian Dance #5
Johannes Brahms; arr. Longfield, R
Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
Incantation and Dance
William Grant Still
Videmus (Jean DeMart, flute; Vivian Taylor, piano)
Ritual Fire Dance
Manuel de Falla, arr. Fred Kepner
US Air Force Band, Colonel A. Phillip Waite
Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla
Imani Winds
Liturgical Dances
David R. Holsinger
USAF Strategic Air Command Band, Alan Bonner
The Foxhunter Jig
traditional
Empire Brass Quintet; Donald Lindsay, parlor pipes
Jazz Suite No. 2 - Second Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich; arr. Alan Fernie
Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J. Childs
Incantation And Dance
John Barnes Chance; arr. David Henderson
Brass Band Of Battle Creek, Michael J. Garasi

Rikudim Four Israeli Folk Dances (1986)
I. Andante Moderato
II. Allegretto Con Eleganza
III. Andante Con Dolcezza
IV. Con Moto E Follemento
Jan Van der Roost
The Symphonic Band Of The Lemmens Conservatory

Episode 693, Counting Our Blessings

11/20/2022

What are you giving thanks for this year? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we count our blessings with songs “Fanfare for Freedom” by Quincy Hilliard, “Song of Friendship” by Philip Sparke, and more. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Thanksgiving Hymn
William Billings; arr. Walter Hartley
Eastern Wind Symphony, William Silvester
That's A Plenty
Lew Pollack; arr. Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass Friends & Colleagues
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
traditional; arr. Don Gillis
Canadian Brass Friends & Colleagues

Peace And Light Rising
Edward Knight
Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble,
Joseph Missal
Here's To Your Health, Sir!
John Philip Sousa
The Great American Main Street Band,Timothy Foley
Autumn Dream
Archibald Joyce
US Coast Guard Band, Commander W. Kenneth Megan
Fanfare For Freedom
Quincy Hilliard
West Point Band, Captain Tod Addison
The Spirit of Thanksgiving
Robert Sheldon
Southwest High School Wind Symphony, Stacey Dunn
Family Album Suite
Outing In The Park; Nickelodeon;
Old Romance; Horseless Carriage Galop
Morton Gould
US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Song Of Friendship
Philip Sparke
The Central Band Of The Royal Air Force,
Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs
Jingle Bells
James Pierpont
Chicago Brass Quintet

Episode 692, Veterans Day 2022

11/13/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to patriotic music from our armed forces bands, with works by John Williams, Frank Ticheli, Laura Karpman, Jack Stamp, and Julie Giroux. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

The Marines' Hymn (The U.S. Marine Song)
Jacques Offenbach
US Marine Band
The Thunderer
John Philip Sousa
US Marine Band
"For the 'President's Own'"
John Williams
US Marine Band, "The President's Own",
Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig
Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Robert Crawford
Band of the US Air Force Reserve

With Trump and Wing
Jack Stamp
US Air Force Heritage of America Band, Lowell Graham
Anchors Aweigh
Charles A. Zimmermann
US Navy Band, Ralph M. Gambone
Ceremonial Fanfare
Aaron Copland
US Navy Band, Captain Brian Walden
Symphony No. 2: III. Apollo Unleashed
Frank Ticheli
US Navy Band, Captain George Thompson
The United States Army Song
(The Army Goes Rolling Along)
Edmund Gruber & Harold Arberg
US Army Band, Thomas Palmatier
Brass Ceiling (The Journey of General Ann Dunwoody)
Laura Karpman
US Army Field Band, Colonel Jim Keene
Semper Paratus (The U.S. Coast Guard Song)
Captain Frances Van Boskerck
US Coast Guard Band
Liberty Fanfare
John Williams
US Coast Guard Band, Commander Lewis J. Buckley
From The Field To The Sky
Kenneth Fuchs
US Coast Guard Band,
Lieutenant Commander Adam Williamson
Semper Supra (Always Above)
James W. "Jamie" Teachenor, II
US Air Force Band

Episode 691, Native American Heritage Month

11/6/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate National Native American Heritage month with music written by Native American composers. We hear from Barbara Croall, Robert Tree Cody, R. Carlos Nakai, and more. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Native Dance 1
JM Levier, B Hatten
Zaagi'idiwin Nagamon (Love Song)
Barbara Croall
Hannaford Street Silver Band
Voices
R. Carlos Nakai
Apache Lullaby
Michael Colgrass
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Grandfather's Breath
Robert Tree Cody
Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman
Native American Homage
Kevin Mixon
Belwin Concert Band
Symphonic Dances - I. Comanche Ritual
J. Clifton Williams
Rountree Wind Symphony, Dr. Barry Ellis
Above the Mother Earth
Mary Youngblood
Apple Island Legend (A Native American Saga)
James Curnow
The Symphonic Band of the Lemmens Conservatory,
Jan Van der Roost

Episode 690, Scary and Fun

10/30/2022

Can something be fun and scary at the same time? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we have a special Halloween show of fun and scary music with songs “Lost in the Funhouse,” “Sneaky Sneaky,” “Frankenstein”, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Teutonic Tales - I. Demon Dance
Robert W. Smith
University of Texas El Paso Symphonic Winds,
  Ron Hufstader
Mike Roylance, solo tuba
From a Dark Millennium
Joseph Schwantner
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Frankenstein
Edgar Holland Winter
The US Army Band "Pershing's Own",
  Colonel Andrew J. Esch
Sneaky Sneaky
Richard Linton
Blackburn High School Symphonic Band,
  Jemima Bunn
Lost in the Funhouse
- I. Cheap Trills;
II. Upon Reflection;
III. Lost in the Funhouse
Jeffrey Hass
Ithaca College Wind Ensemble,
  Stephen Peterson, Rodney Winther
A Witches Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
(recorded in 1977)
Hector Berlioz
US Marine Band,
Colonel John R. Bourgeosis/Colonel Jack Kline

Episode 689, Intermezzo Interludes

10/23/2022

What do you call a piece of music that fits in between two larger works? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we take a look at intermezzos with pieces by David Holsinger, Gustav Holst, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

First Suite in Eb - II. Intermezzo
Gustav Holst
Auburn University Symphonic Band, Johnnie Vinson
Intermezzo Sinfonico from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Pietro Mascagni
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Jan Van der Roost
Intermezzo from "Guglielmo Ratcliff"
Pietro Mascagni
University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra,
Thomas Leslie

Eastern Intermezzo
Percy Grainger
University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Eddie Green
English Folk Song Suite: Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
Ralph Vaughan Williams
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Carnaval for Brass Quintet: Intermezzo
Robert Schumann/Brandon Ridenour
Canadian Brass
Capriccio and Intermezzo
Charles L. Booker, Jr.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Symphonic Band,
Charles L. Booker, Jr.
Rosilee Walker, soloist
The Crown of India, Op. 66 - Intermezzo
Edward Elgar
US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Gmyway's Revenge! - II. Intermezzo? Thoughtso!
David R. Holsinger
University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
Dennis Fisher
Bachseits - II. Intermezzo
Johannes Stert
Landesblasorchester Baden-Württemberg, Björn Bus
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 - II. Intermezzo: Adagio
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides,
Yves Segers
Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, piano
Intermezzo from "La Boda de Luis Alonso"
Gerónimo Giménez
US Marine Band, Timothy Foley

Episode 688, Celebrating Community Bands

10/16/2022

Have you ever played in a community band? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we explore music performed by some fantastic community ensembles, with compositions by Viet Cuong, Alfred Reed, Julie Giroux, and others, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Landscapes
Rossano Galante
Wind Symphony of Clovis, Christine Keenan
Catclaw Mimosa
Ben Hjertmann
Northshore Concert Band, Mallory Thompson
Just Flyin'
Julie Giroux
Tara Winds, Dr. Andrea Strauss
Gazebo Portraits - Love Song; Promenade
Charles L. Booker, Jr.
River Valley Community Band, Charles L. Booker, Jr.
Moth
Viet Cuong
Brooklyn Wind Symphony, Jeff Ball
El Camino Real
Alfred Reed
Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lewis J. Buckley
Magnolia Star
Steve Danyew
The Alabama Winds, Randall Coleman
Third Suite - I. March; II. Waltz; III. Rondo
Robert Jager
Monroe College/Community Symphony, Paul E. Stanifer

Episode 687, Ralph Vaughan Williams's 150th Birthday

10/9/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we celebrate Ralph Vaughan Williams’s 150th birthday with his music; Toccata Marziale, Prelude to 49th Parallel, Variations for Wind Band, and more, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Flourish for Glorious John
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Corporon
Linden Lea
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Corporon
Toccata Marziale
US Air Force Heritage of America Band, Lowell Graham
Variations for Wind Band
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger
Prelude to '49th Parallel’
Fountain City Brass Band, Joseph Parisi
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Canadian Brass
Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes
University of Illinois Symphonic Band,
Harry Begian, James Curnow

Episode 686, Poetry in Music 2

10/2/2022

Music is read, and notes can sound blue, can you be inspired, by poetry too? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to music inspired by poems. We hear Philip Sparke’s take on a poem by Friedrich Schiller, Lewis Buckley’s rendition of Sandburg’s “Fog,” and Valerie Coleman’s imagining of Langston Hugues, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Portraits of Langston
Valerie Coleman
McGill/McHale Trio
Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet;
Michael McHale, piano; Mahershala Ali, reader
Sandburg Reflections - II. Fog
Lewis Buckley
Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lewis Buckley
Lisa Williamson, mezzo-soprano
The Song of the Bell
After a Poem by Friedrich Schiller
Philip Sparke
Johan Willem Friso Band, Hans Leendners
My Hands Are a City
Jonathan Newman
University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, John P. Lynch

Episode 685, British Composers

9/25/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we mark the historic change in the monarchy of Great Britain with a show dedicated to British composers. We hear music by Henry Purcell, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Trumpet Tune & Ayre
Henry Purcell
Canadian Brass
Veni Redemptor I
Thomas Tallis
Empire Brass Quintet and Friends
Water Music, Op. 18 - Vivace
Malcolm Arnold
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin

Matinees Musicales, After Rossini, Op. 24 - Waltz
Benjamin Britten
US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Gallimaufry - I. Church and State
Guy Woolfenden
University of Calgary Wind Ensemble, Glen D. Price
Music for Brass and Woodwind
Elizabeth Maconchy
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble,
Frank Battisti
Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band
A Final Fling
Philip Sparke
Cory Band, Dr. Robert Childs, David Childs, euphonium
Fantasia on the Dargason
Gustav Holst
Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp
On the Shoulders of Giants
Peter Graham
Fountain City Brass Band - NABBA 2011, Joseph Parisi
Song of Hope
Peter Meechan
Fountain City Brass Band,
Joseph Parisi, Ryan Anthony, trumpet

Episode 684, Listeners' Choice 10

9/18/2022

What is your favorite wind band piece? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we share our tenth Listeners’ Choice show with music selected by you. We hear Joel Love’s “Solace” and Omar Thomas's “Emma Catherine”. Join us, right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Dance of the Tumblers
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
Detroit Concert Band, Leonard B. Smith
Solace
I. Joy; II. Besieged; III. Gratitude; IV. Hiding; V. Work
Joel Love
US Air Force Academy Band, Larry H. Lang
Cuban Overture (Rumba)
George Gershwin
US Coast Guard Band, Commander Kenneth Megan
Emma Catherine
Omar Thomas
In Motus Tuba Quartet
Hymn for World Peace
David Maslanka
Utah Wind Symphony, Scott A. Hagen

Episode 683, High School Music, Y'all

9/11/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we mark the beginning of the school year with pieces performed by very talented high school ensembles, featuring music by Percy Grainger, Kataoka Hiroaki, Frank Ticheli, and more, here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Quicksilver
William Owens
Ronald Reagan High School Wind Ensemble,
Tom Bennett
Phasing Thunder
Brian Balmages
Flower Mound High School Wind Symphony,
Brent Bishkup

Extremis
Randall Standridge
North Hardin High School Wind Symphony,
  Brian Froedge
Molly on the Shore
Percy Grainger, arr. Chalon Ragsdale
Blackburn High School Symphonic Band,
  Jermima Bunn
Sea Goddess from Myth for Winds and Percussion
Kataoka Hiroaki
Orange County School of the Arts
  Frederick Fennell Wind Ensemble, Teren Shaffer
Cheerio March
Edwin Franko Goldman
Seika Girls High School Band, Yoshihisa Fujishige
Speedway!
Mark Lortz
Centennial High School Wind Ensemble, David Matchim
This Cruel Moon
John Mackey
Wylie High School Wind Symphony, Todd Dixon
Forgotten Children
Peter Meechan
Avon High School Brass Choir,
Karl Hartman and Matthew Harloff
Blue Shades
Frank Ticheli
Bixby High School Wind Ensemble, Jeremy Parker

Episode 682, Working for the Weekend

9/4/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we pay tribute to weekends and America's Labor Day, with "Saturday Night Waltz" by Aaron Copland, "Come Sunday" by Omar Thomas, and much more. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

A Weekend in New York
Philip Sparke
US Army Field Band, Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier
Out and Back Again - II. Sunday Afternoon
Ken Benshoof
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz
Aaron Copland
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Manhattan - I. Saturday Serenade; II. Sunday Scherzo
Philip Sparke
Orchestra di Fiati dell'ISSM di Modena e Carpi,
Massimo Bergamini,
Marco Pierobon, trumpet
English Folk Song Suite - March: Seventeen Come Sunday
Ralph Vaughan Williams
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Come Sunday
Duke Ellington
Steven Mead, euphonium
On a Childhood Sunday Song
David Holsinger
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Faculty Brass,
& Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, William Stowman
Come Sunday - I. Testimony; II. Shout!
Omar Thomas
Baylor University Wind Ensemble, Eric Wilson

Episode 681, A Look Back Upon Season 14

8/28/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we take a look back at some of the music from Season 14.We hear Duke Ellington’s “Echoes of Harlem,” a bit of Erika Svanoe’s “Steampunk Suite,” and David Maslanka’s “Mother Earth.” Won’t you join us, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

The Magnificent Seven
Elmer Bernstein
Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Marc Reift
The Prayer
Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster
Symbiosisduo (Gail Robertson, euphonium;
Stacy Baker, tuba; Alex Thio, piano)
Tom Sawyer Suite - II. Huckleberry Finn
(Ring, Ring De Banjo)
Franco Cesarini
Civica Filarmonica Di Lugano, Franco Cesarini
Chaos Theory 1.0
James Bonney
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Fred Hamilton, electric guitar

Lament
Chang Su Koh
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro
Root Beer Rag
Billy Joel
O-Zone Percussion Group, Dr. Gary J. Olmstead
Echoes of Harlem
Duke Ellington; Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass
Mother Earth
David Maslanka
St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr
A Butterfly Coughs in Africa
Paul Richards
University of Florida Clarinet Ensemble, Mitchell Estrin
Tight Squeeze
Alex Shapiro
DePauw University Band, Craig Paré
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Main Title Theme
John Williams
Gomalan Brass Quintet
Six Contrary Dances - VI. Moving Right Alongo
PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble
(aka, The National Symphonic Winds), Lowell Graham
Something Pearl
Brent Michael Davids
Zeitgeist
Steampunk Suite - IV. Barnum & Tesla's Tandem Bicycle
Erika Svanoe
Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon

Episode 680, Songs of the Sea

8/21/2022

What tunes come to your mind when you think of the sea? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to music inspired by sailing and the seas. We hear “Atlantic Odyssey” by Philip Sparke, “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Bells Across the Atlantic
Adam Gorb
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Sea Songs
Thomas Knox
Keystone Wind Ensemble, John R. Bourgeois
The Sea Treaders
Francis McBeth
US Navy Band, Francis McBeth
Sea Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Variants on an English Sea Song ("Spanish Ladies")
Zachary Docter
VanderCook College Symphonic Band,
Stacey Larson Dolan
Atlantic Odyssey
I. Sunrise at Sea and The Ocean Awakes
II. Homeward Bound and Spindrift
Philip Sparke
The Concert Band of the German Armed Forces,
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Ratzek

Episode 679, Painting Music 3

8/14/2022

What does a painting "sound like"? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we again listen to music inspired by paintings. We hear Johan de Meij’s take on Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” and Ferrer Ferran’s impression of Goya’s “The Colossus.” All that and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Dutch Masters Suite
I. The Night Watch; III. Prince's Day
Johan de Meij
Orquestra de Vents Filharmonia,
Jose R. Pascual-Vilaplana

Picture Studies
I. Intro; II. Three Pierrots; V. Kandinsky
Adam Schoenberg, trans. Donald Patterson
US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig

Two-Lane Blacktop
James M. David
Wind Symphony of Clovis,
Christine Keenan & Gary P. Gilroy, conducting

El Coloso, Sinfonía No. 4
I. Oscuridad; II. Duerme; III. La Huida; IV. El Gigante
Ferrer Ferran
Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar, Ferrer Ferran

The Night Watch

Two Lane Blacktop

Episode 678, Island Life

8/7/2022

Have you ever wanted to go on an island vacation? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we'll hear songs about islands and island life, including “Goddess of Fire” by Steven Reineke, “Bali” by Michael Colgrass, and “Caribbean Concerto” by Kees Vlak. Join us right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Bali Ha'i
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Empire Brass
The Island of Obsession
Thomas Bourgault
University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony,
Andrew Boysen, Jr.
The Isle of Mull
Kenneth Downie
Yorkshire Building Society Band, David King
Peter Roberts soprano cornet
Bali
Michael Colgrass
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Goddess of Fire
Steven Reineke
Alvdal-Tynset Janisjar, Nils Graftås
Summer Isles -
Euphonium Solo from Hymn of the Highlands
Philip Sparke
The XBY Concert Band, Dennis Mycroft
David Childs solo euphonium
Caribbean Concerto -
I. St. Eustatius; II. Saba; III. St. Maarten
Kees Vlak
Harmonie De Charlesbourg, François Dorion

Episode 677, Pleasing Passacaglias

7/31/2022

Can you name a musical form characterized by variations over a repeated theme, usually a ground base? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to passacaglias, with examples by Ron Nelson, Gustav Holst, and J.S. Bach. Join us right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Donald Hunsberger
Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble,
Joseph Missal
Passacaglia and Interlude
Gerald Sebesky
University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
Dennis Fisher
Passacaglia for Symphonic Band
Bin Kaneda
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Hiroshi Hoshina
Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
Ron Nelson
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
Ancient Airs and Dances - 4. Passacaglia
Ottorino Respighi
Washington Symphonic Brass, Milton Stevens
Concerto Grosso - Passacaglia
Trygve Madsen
West Point Band, Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr.
1st Suite in Eb Major for Military Band, Op 28, #1
I. Chaconne
Gustav Holst
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger

Episode 676, Music from the Land of the Rising Sun

7/24/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we travel to the Land of the Rising Sun for works written by Japanese composers. We hear “The Cherry Blossom Fantasy” by Hirokazu Fukushima, “Gloriosa” by Yasuhide Ito, and more, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

A Prelude to the Shining Day
Yo Goto
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Kimura Yoshihiro
Lament
Chang Su Koh
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro
MEGA Small Band
Rika Ishige
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Central Band,
Kaoru Urakawa
Mont Fuji
Toshiro Mashima
Showa Wind Symphony, Shintaro Fukumoto
The Cherry Blossom Fantasy
Hirokazu Fukushima
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Kimura Yoshihiro
Gloriosa - I. Oratio; II. Cantus; III. Dies Festus
Yasuhide Ito
St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr

Episode 675, Friends in Low Places

7/17/2022

Do you have friends in low places? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to music featuring the tuba and euphonium. We’ll hear tubists Øystein Baadsvik, and Velvet Brown, as well as euphoniumists Demondrae Thurman, Steven Mead and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Entrance and Polka of the Euphonium Players
Fucik & anon/D.H.Carrol/arr. Luis Maldonado
Steven Mead, euphonium (multitrack)
A Eupher's Dream
Gail Robertson
Steven Mead, euphonium (multitrack)
Three Ludes for Tuba
- I. Prelude; II. Interlude; III. Postlude
Robert Jager
Symphonia, R. Winston Morris;
Daniel Perantoni, solo tuba

Bass in the Ballroom
Roy Newsome
Fanfare Band of the Royal Netherlands Army
  "Mounted Regiments", Tijmen Botma;
Øystein Baadsvik, tuba
Tuba Concerto: Allegro Giosco
Edward Gregson
University of Arkansas Wind Symphony, W. Dale Warren;
  Kabin Thomas, tuba soloist
Pavane, Op. 50 / Whisper of Angels
Gabriel Fauré/Amy Sky; arr. Gail Robertson
Symbiosisduo (Gail Robertson, euphonium;
  Stacy Baker, tuba; Alex Thio, piano;
  Deborah Eastwood, trumpet/cornet/flugelhorn)
Insinuações (Innuendo)
Anne Victorino d'Almeida
Demondrae Thurman, euphonium
  & Kathryn Fouse, piano
Sonata for Tuba and Piano - I. Calm and Flowing
Anthony Plog
Velvet Brown, tuba; Margaret McDonald, piano
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel, Lori Lieberman
Tubas Unlimited, R. Winston Morris
Bravura
Peter Graham
Black Dyke Band, Peter Graham;
David Thornton, euphonium

Episode 674, Math and Music

7/10/2022

How much do you like math? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to the intersection of math and music with works from James Bonney’s concerto for electric guitar and wind band entitled “Chaos Theory.” Join us, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Prism
Master Sergeant Steve Shafer
US Air Force Band of the Rockies, Colonel H. Bruce Gilkes
Music of the Spheres
Philip Sparke
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Yasufumi Tokito
Fractalia
Owen Clayton Condon
Third Coast Percussion

Geometric Dances
I. Quadratic Permutations
II. Pentangular Concoction
III. Hexagonal Undulations
IV. Heptomical Infusions
Roger Cichy
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Wind Symphony, John Raymond Bell

Chaos Theory - I. 1.0; II. 2.0; III. 3.0
James Bonney
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Fred Hamilton, electric guitar

Episode 673, Americana

7/3/2022

How are you celebrating the USA's 4th of July? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the US Independence with music about America. We’ll hear “A George M. Cohan Salute”, “National Emblem March”, and “Echoes of Harlem” by Duke Ellington, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Trilogy Americana
Stephan Bulla
Dutch National Youth Concert Band, Alex Schillings
National Emblem March
Edwin Eugene Bagley
US Army Band, Gary Lamb
American Folk Suite
arr. Machala
US Army Field Band
Echoes of Harlem
Duke Ellington; Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass
American Medley of Old Memories
John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert,
Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
Siena Wind Orchestra
American Overture for Band
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
US Army Field Band, Colonel Finley R. Hamilton
Marche Americana
Søren Hyldgaard
The Danish Concert Band, Jørgen Misser Jensen
On an American Spiritual
David Holsinger
Concordia University Chicago Wind Symphony,
Richard R. Fischer
An American Elegy
Frank Ticheli
Michigan State University Wind Symphony, John Whitwell
A George M. Cohan Salute
George M. Cohen; arr. Howard Cable
Canadian Brass

Episode 672, Alan Hovhaness’s 111th Birthday

6/26/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the 111th birthday of composer Alan Hovhaness; a pivotal composer fusing eastern and western musical traditions. He was a “spiritual minimalist", and we’ll hear his Symphonies 4 and 53, as well as, “Prayer of St. Gregory” right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Tapor No.1
Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, William Berz

Symphony No. 4
I. Andante
II. Allegro
III. Andante espressivo
Eastman Wind Ensemble, A. Clyde Roller

Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn"
I. Maestoso sostenuto
II. Moderato sostenuto con molta espressione
Ohio State University Concert Band, Keith Brion

Prayer of St. Gregory for Trumpet & Organ, Op 62b
Wynton Marsalis & Anthony Newman

Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, Op 213
I. Andante
II. Adagio
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Wind Orchestra, Keith Brion

Episode 671, To Dad, With Love

6/19/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we have a special Father's Day episode with pieces dedicated to dads, like “My Italian Heart” by Allen Vizzutti, “As the Fireflies Watched” by James Stephenson, and “In Praise of Gentle Pioneers” by David Holsinger, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

My Italian Heart
Allen Vizzutti
Utah Wind Symphony, Scott Hagen
Allen Vizzutti, trumpet

As the Fireflies Watched
No. 1, Dusk;
No. 2, The Gift;
No. 3, In Another Life;
No. 4, Pavane
James M. Stephenson
Western Illinois University Faculty Chamber Players
  & Chamber Winds,
Mike Fansler, conductor; Garrett Johannsen, vocalist

Lament and Jig for Mickey
Gary P. Gilroy
GPG Music Ensemble
Firefly
Ryan George
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
David R. Holsinger
University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
  Dennis Fisher
J.R. (Live)
Kevin Day
Texas Christian University Wind Symphony,
  Brian Youngblood
Amaya Aguilar, soprano; Andrew Curtis, baritone

Episode 670, Fun & Funny Music

6/12/2022

On this next episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to music with a sense of humor. We’ll hear Scott McAllister’s “Popcopy,” with movements like “More Cowbell,” as well as some unfortunate selections from PDQ Bach. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Be a Clown
Cole Porter
Britannia Building Society Band, Howard Snell
LOL (Laugh Out Loud)
Robert Buckley
Kell High School Wind Ensemble, David Roth

Six Contrary Dances
I. Maestoso Animoso
II. Daintissimo
III. Allegro, But Not Too Mucho
IV. Molto Moderato
V. Vivace Cucarace
VI. Moving Right Alongo
PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble
(aka, The National Symphonic Winds), Lowell Graham

"Tricked Out" Trombones
various, arr. SGM Paul Murtha
US Army Concert Band, Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr.
The Devil Went Down to Nola
Charlie Daniels, arr. Funky Butt Brass Band
Funky Butt Brass Band
Famishius Fantasticus
Michael Markowski
Brooklyn Wind Symphony, Jeff Ball
Tuba Tiger Rag
Harry De Costa, arr. Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass

Popcopy
I. More Cowbell
II. One Time at Band Camp
III. Serenity Now
Scott McAllister
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon

Gee Officer Krupke
Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, arr. Jim Prime
Blast!

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